false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597853m/61903.jpg 61903 18 Cordelia Naismith is enjoying a baptism of fire. Her first mission is to captain a throwaway warship of the Betan Expeditionary Force on a mission to destroy an entire enemy armada. Discovering deception within deception, treachery within treachery, she is forced into an uneasy peace with her nemesis: Lord Aral Vorkosigan. Discovering that astrocartography is not the soundest training for a military leader, Cordelia rapidly finds herself the prisoner of the Barrayaran Captain Aral Vorkosigan, also known as 'The Butcher of Komarr'. But the notorious captain is not quite the beast Cordelia was expecting and a grudging respect develops between the two of them. As captor and prisoner on an abandoned outpost planet, the honourable captain and the resolute scientist must rely on each others' trust to survive a trek across dangerous terrain, thus sparking a relationship that shares the struggles of culture and politics between their worlds. 2138060 book 1986 Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan) total:1113|5:17|4:21|3:8|2:3|1:0| 1113 4616 1343 66 4 6 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 15 13:57:11 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 13:35:44 -0800 2009 lots Shards of Honor is a boysenberry sorbet: slightly sweet, tart enough, and red-tinged. It isn't bloody, like a blood orange, nor is it pale, like strawberries and cream. There's blood in it, but enough to make a point about w...more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 10:55:07 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 10:40:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 05 15:28:36 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 21:38:15 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 09:11:52 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 22:19:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false false Sun Dec 28 08:58:12 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 10:08:25 -0800 2009 2
Hmm. First time through I found this book divertingly readable but ultimately cl...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 12 19:12:23 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 19:28:20 -0700 2009
On the other hand, it does manage to be a really good, fast paced sci-fi novel. One of it's saving graces is certainly th...more...]]> 4 8 false true Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 05:56:37 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 05:58:35 -0700 2009 1 Cordelia's Honor.

Cordelia Naismith is the "Juliet" to Aral Vorkosigan's "Romeo." Star-crossed (galactically speaking) lovers separated by time, space and politics but thankfully without the suicidal tragic ending....more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 08:12:53 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 06:31:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 09:35:18 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 13:38:38 -0700 2009 Shards, a prequel of sorts, wasn't one of the Hugo winners -- and it shouldn't have been; though the ideas are strong, they're not all executed particularly well. And the rom...more...]]> 4 0 false true Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 09:12:08 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 05:04:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 13:08:29 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 07:47:20 -0700 2009
Cordelia is great. Honorable, resourceful, a true leader. That last point is important, because I've noticed in many books I read ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 29 07:52:39 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 07:52:39 -0700 2009
Miles Vorkosigan books in chronological order:

Falling Free (I haven’t read this one)
Shards of Honor
Barrayar (Shards of Honor and Barrayar are now publis...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 18:17:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 17:09:49 -0700 2009 Lois McMaster Bujold and I'm happy that we will be reading lots of her books over the coming months.

Shards of Honour grabbed my interest right away and never let go. I found myself caring about both Cordelia and Aral. At first glimpse, Cordelia is a simpler c...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 19:30:14 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 11:59:31 -0700 2009
This gets off to a slow, lumpy sta...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 09:27:22 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 19:28:12 -0700 2009 were old friends. Cordelia and Aral were some of my favo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 16:16:07 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 09:16:52 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 04:31:54 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 04:35:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 17:36:06 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 17:41:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 15:24:29 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 13:28:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 19:42:12 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 03 09:18:49 -0800 2008 1
I read this before my wife did, and had a grea...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=61903